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- 1. Douglas M2: FlugKerl2· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Douglas mailplanes are a family of 1920s American single-seat mail planes designed and built by the Douglas Aircraft Company. The aircraft were used to run the main routes of the United States Air Mail service until the introduction of three-engined aircraft in 1928.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 13.6 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1925
- introduced
- 1926
- number built
- 57
- role
- single-seat mailplanes
- makers
- Douglas
- engines
- 1×
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 8.8 m
- wingspan
- 13.6 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,223 kg
- top speed
- 225 km/h
- cruise speed
- 177 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,029 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3714634, Wikipedia: Douglas mailplanes (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.